Expert: Marvinator - 11/17/2006

Question
I have just started selling on ebay, my question is, have you ever used Doba for drop shipping? If not what company do you think is a good company to use.Looking for a company that you don't have to pay until you sell, or are all of them like that?

Thanks,
Pat

Answer
Most all drop shippers work the same way. YOU don't pay THEM until you order the item.  You probably won't order the item until it sells on Ebay.  

If I may, I'd like to say a couple of things about Drop Shippers.  Not a week goes by without someone asking me about Drop Shippers. Drop Shippers are a good way to go if you don’t mind the business of being in business. What I
mean is that you need to consider several things about Drop Shippers.  First, You are not the only customer of the Drop Shipper. You are not among an elite group of 20-50 sellers either. The company couldn’t stay in business with just 20-50 clients. This means that you are selling the same things as hundreds to several thousand other Ebay sellers. Each of you is hoping for the same sales and probably the same clients – and you all bought the same item for the same price.  

Second, if you do actually end up making a sale, there is no guarantee that the Drop Shipping company will have your item in stock when you go to order it and they are not obligated to get the item back in stock just for your one customer, either. You and your customer can end up waiting 6 – 8 weeks or more! In fact, it may end up that you are
forced to refund the customer’s money just because the Drop Shipper oversold and didn’t have it in stock when YOU needed it and can't get it or WON'T get it back in stock. I’m not saying this WILL happen, but it does happen and more often than Drop Shippers will admit.